Correa reflexa var. speciosa 'Portland Belle'
Small, dense shrub 50cm in diameter. Flowers colour carmine red with green tips and white throat, ca. 3cm long by 4cm wide from April to August in Victoria.
May be a hybrid between Correa reflexa var. speciosa and C. alba var. alba with distinctive characteristic of the flower splitting.
Correa 'Cappuccino'
Medium-sized upright shrub with modrately dense foliage and
long internodes. Mature leaves opposite, 33 mm x 18 mm, obcordate, apex
obtuse, margin slightly irregular, dark glossy green and glabrous on top,
visible oil glands and scattered stellate hairs on the margins. Underside
of leaves paler green, with scattered dark stellate hairs. Petiole 5mm,
light green, thickly covered with dark stellate hairs. Calyx 4 mm x 5 mm,
pale green coloured, square shaped, 4 minute calyx teeth present, covered
with numerous tiny stellate hairs. Pedicel 6mm similar to calyx. Corolla 35
mm x 8 mm (just above petal split), pale coffee colour changing to pale
pink as the flower ages. Corolla covered with numerous small stellate
hairs. Corolla throat very pale green changing to very pale pink, almost
white, glabrous. Stamens 8, slightly exerted from the corolla, 38 mm long,
white, widened towards the base. Anther yellow, 2 mm long. Style 34 mm
long, filament very fine and white. Flowering from January onwards.
Prolific in flower and flowers well displayed.
Diagnosis:
Parentage unknown but possible parents may be C. glabra
‘Inglewood Gold’ and C. pulchella. This hybrid differs from C. glabra ‘
Inglewood Gold ’ which has a shorter corolla and the flower colour is
green-gold. Leaves of C. 'Inglewood Gold' are shorter and narrower. Differs
from C. pulchella which has a shorter corolla, a darker pink or orange
flower colour and no calyx teeth. Leaves are shorter, narrower and cordate
with almost acute tips.
Correa 'Marianne'
Upright medium-sized shrub to approximately 1.5 m x 1.5 m with
a moderately open habit. Branchlets sparsely tomentose with tan-coloured
stellate hairs becoming brown and glabrous with age. Long internodes up to
48 mm add to the openness of the foliage. Simple elliptical leaves, 27 mm x
13 mm, petioles to 6 mm. Leaf apices acute, leaf bases oblique, venation
reticulate, margins entire.Upper surfaces of mature leaves dark green and
glabrous with defined pits (oil glands). Lower surfaces of mature leaves
pale green and glabrous with occasional scattered white stellate hairs.
Upper surfaces of young leaves mid green, glabrous with scattered white and
tan stellate hairs becoming rust-coloured and more concentrated at margins.
Lower surfaces of young leaves covered in dense tomentum of rust-coloured
stellate hairs. Calyx hemispherical, apiculate, densely tomentose, pedicels
tomentose up to 5 mm with tiny tomentose bracts at base of pedicel. Corolla
cylindrical 20 mm x 7 mm, dull rose pink with a fine tomentum of rose
coloured stellate hairs grading to almost transparent on the dull green
tips. Tips of corolla not reflexed. Stamens markedly exserted 4 x 10 mm and
4 x 5 mm. Style longer than stamens 17 mm from margin of corolla. Anthers
oblong spathulate, yellow-green, margins recurved. Flowering from October
onwards in most districts and sporadic throughout the year.
Diagnosis:
This correa hybrid differs from all varieties of C. lawrenceana
and from C. baeuerlenii. The leaves are closest in size to C. lawrenceana
var. grampiana but the leaf tips differ. Leaf tips are acute as for C.
baeuerlenii. The calyx of C. 'Marianne' has four distinct lobes similar to
C. lawrenceana var glandulifera but is not as bulbous and is larger and is
nothing like the distinctive calyx of C. baeuerlenii. Flower colour is pink
and green. The only C. lawrenceana varieties which have red flowers are C.
lawrenceana var. rosea and C. lawrenceana var. cordifolia. C. baeuerlenii
has green flowers so the flower colour must come from the C. lawrenceana
parent.
Correa 'Kiss Me Kate'
Compact low-growing, small plant. Mature leaves opposite, 16mm
x 15 mm, cordate, apex obtuse, margin wavy, dark glossy green and glabrous
on top, visible oil glands and scattered stellate hairs on the margins.
Underside of leaves paler green, with scattered dark stellate hairs.
Petiole 3mm, light green, covered with dark stellate hairs. Calyx 4 mm x 7
mm, tan coloured, square shaped, no calyx teeth present, covered with
numerous small stellate hairs. Pedicel 4mm similar to calyx. Corolla 24 mm
x 10 mm (just above petal split), rose pink colour covered with numerous
small stellate hairs. Corolla throat paler pink, glabrous. Stamens 8,
exerted from the corolla, 26 mm long, white, widened towards the base.
Anther dark coloured, 1.5 mm long. Style 27 mm long, filament very fine and
white. Flowering from January onwards with a peak flowering in March/April.
Diagnosis:
Thought to be a hybrid between C. ‘Federation Belle’ and C.
‘Dusky Bells’. This hybrid differs from C. ‘ Federation Belle ’ which has a
pink and cream flower colour and the pink is slightly more orange in C. ‘
Kiss-Me-Kate ’ . Leaves of C. ‘ Federation Belle ’ are larger with apices
more acute and the underside is paler green.
Differs from C. ‘ Dusky Bells ’ which has longer and narrower flowers and
the flowers are slightly darker pink. Calyx is green rather than tan and
leaves are longer, narrower and elliptical in shape.
RHS Colour Chart 1995:
Corolla: 58C Mature
Leaves: 137A/B
Correa 'Canberra Bells'
Correa ‘Canberra Bells’ is a small shrub which has red and cream bell shaped flowers which occur from late summer through to winter. The leaves are small rounded and olive green in colour.
‘Canberra Bells’ is the Australian plant chosen to celebrate the centenary of Canberra, 12th March 2013. Its masses of attractive flowers will be in full bloom for Canberra’s birthday each year.
Correa 'Isabell'
Correa ‘Isabell’ is a spreading shrub that will grow to approximately 75cm high x 1.5 metres across. It has grey/green leaves that contrast beautifully with the soft pink flowers. Flowering is during autumn and winter.
Correa 'Jezabell'
Correa ‘Jezabell’ is a small shrub growing to approximately one metre tall. It has dark green leaves and red bell-shaped flowers. The flowers occur during autumn and winter.
Correa 'Benara Bell'
Erect spreading small shrub to c. 1.0 m x 2 m with a
moderately dense habit. Branchlets finely tomentose with white and
rust-coloured stellate hairs becoming green and sub glabrous with clusters
of stellate hairs. Simple leaves cordate to elliptical, 20 mm x 15 mm. Leaf
tips slightly acute to obtuse, leaf bases cordate, venation reticulate,
margins slightly recurved. Upper surfaces of mature leaves dark green and
coriaceous. Upper surfaces of young leaves minutely tomentose with white
and rust-coloured stellate hairs. Lower surfaces pale green tomentose with
minute white and rust-coloured stellate hairs. Corolla cylindrical 20 mm x
6 mm pale cream with a pink blush shading to green at the tips. Peak
flowering is from May to August in most districts with spasmodic flowering
throughout the year.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is differentiated from Correa alba var. alba by
the non-splitting corolla tube and length of flower as well as the shape
and tomentum of the leaves. Correa 'Marion's Marvel' has larger flowers (23
mm x 10 mm) that are dominantly pink in colour grading to pale green tips.
Although similar in flower colour to C. 'Ivory Bells', it is differentiated
from that cultivar by leaf size. C. 'Ivory Bells' has much larger leaves
(33 mm x 21 mm) than C. 'Benara Bell' although leaf shape and tomentum are
similar. It is almost identical to C. 'Beek's Beauty' which originated in
the garden of Marianne Beek in Naracoorte. Correa 'Beek's Beauty' is not
widely grown and is unlikely to be presented for registration. The form
being registered is that which arose spontaneously in Phillip Dowling's
garden (Benara Road Nursery).
Correa reflexa var. reflexa 'Lemon and Lime'
Note:
Received as Correa 'Wilson's Promontory Lime and Gold'
Low growing shrub to ca. 60 cm x 2 m with a dense habit.
Branchlets highly tomentose with rust coloured stellate hairs becoming
brown and glabrous with age. Simple cordate leaves, 30 mm x 24 nun, shortly
petiolate. Leaf apices obtuse, leaf bases cordate, venation reticulate,
entire margins with rust-coloured stellate hairs. Upper surfaces of mature
leaves dark green and scabridulous with scattered white stellate hairs
becoming more concentrated at margins. Upper surfaces of young leaves
densely tomentose with rust-coloured stellate hairs. Young growth may have
pink tinge. Lower surfaces of leaves densely tomentose with white stellate
hairs and scattered rust-coloured stellate hairs becoming more concentrated
on the veins and margins. Foliaceous bracts strongly reflexed to enclose
flower. Peduncles axillary, slender, terminating in a pair of foliaceous
bracts clasping the flower. Calyx hemispherical, 4 mm high, fawn coloured
with scattered rust-coloured stellate hairs. Corolla obconical 32 mm x 12
mm, lemon with lime green tips covered with fine tomentum of white-coloured
stellate hairs becoming rusty at tips. Anthers shortly exerted, narrow
oblong and obtuse. Peak flowering is from March to July in most districts.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar conforms to descriptions for C. reflexa var.
reflexa found naturally in the Gippsland area but is distinctive by its
unique flower colour. The usual green form of C. reflexa is uniformly
coloured from calyx to tip.
Correa backhouseana var. coriacea 'Eucla Gold'
Erect small shrub to c. 1.2 m x 0.8 m with a moderately dense
habit. Branchlets highly tomentose with minute rust-coloured stellate hairs
becoming green and glabrous with occasional clusters of short stellate
hairs on older stems. Simple leaves ovate, 20 mm x 10 mm. Leaf apices
acute, leaf bases oblique, venation reticulate, margins entire. Upper
surfaces of mature leaves dark green and coriaceous. Upper surfaces of
young leaves minutely densely tomentose with white stellate hairs and
occasional rust-coloured stellate hairs, becoming more concentrated at
margins. Lower surfaces minutely densely tomentose with white stellate
hairs becoming rust-coloured on the veins and margins. Flowers axillary or
terminal on short branchlets, pedicels 4 mm long, light green minutely
densely tomentose with white stellate hairs. Calyx hemispherical,
mid-green, coriaceous becoming densely tomentose towards base, 2-3 mm long.
Corolla cylindrical, 25 mm x 8 mm with petals barely recurved, creamy
yellow with a fine tomentum of rust-coloured stellate hairs becoming
concentrated towards tips of petals. Stamens 4+4, inserted at base of disc,
filaments broadened towards base, anthers slightly exerted, dark brown,
narrow-oblong, apex slightly truncate. Peak flowering is from April to July
in most districts.
Diagnosis:
Distinguished from other C. backhouseana var. coriacea plants
which have smaller flowers usually less than 20 mm long and are narrower.
Flower colour is also brighter than normal forms, which are pale
yellow-green.